Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Marie O’Brien Have you ever realised how hard it is to come back up, once you go down? And especially when you don’t understand or recognise how far down you have slid? Well it happened to me and this is my story on how I went down and then managed to get Continue Reading
By Samantha Jones I see it all the time, friends posts are always of the happy times but never show the true them, the ups and downs of life. For many years I refrained from posting about my mental health on social media due to the stigma attached to it. Continue Reading
By Anonymous It’s the waiting. Lying in bed because my attempts to help aren’t accepted. Waiting for the sigh, the sigh mixing your pain and your release. It’s only then that you reach out for me. Only then are you able to cry help. I pray our beautiful, loving baby Continue Reading
By Mel Ball Today I realised I can keep my “Chimp” in check. You antagonise me every time you see me. I don’t understand why you have to upset me every time you see me, do you get some kind of pleasure out of people shouting at you? Or is Continue Reading
By Gavin Walker I’ve been really struggling with writing a new blog post here, I want to write something positive, helpful and hopefully something people can take away and use to manage their own problems with Mental Illness. I wanted to write a post with tips and strategies on how Continue Reading
By Samantha Jones Happiness is what comes natural to most people. However, when you live with depression it is all too familiar not to get enjoyment out of anything or anyone. The things that used to bring enjoyment, like going out, doing tasks that needed doing around the house and Continue Reading
By Anonymous John is a mental health patient who lives in our community in blocks of small flats, John has been neglected and is running around on a different planet. Not his fault been, he’s neglected by the health service and the housing ass (Genesis). John has conned an old Continue Reading
By Ashley Phillips Link to Part 1 I have now tried half a dozen times to ask to speak to the Barnet CCG about the thousands of pounds they gave us for me to go to The Nightingale Hospital. I have been trying to feedback on how successful their money Continue Reading
By Jeremy Welton The year is 1991, my older brother is in college, and much like most kids in their late teens when they leave school, his music tastes are being explored and have been expanded by the people who surround him. Much of the great music he discovered on Continue Reading
By Starr Gazer Currently, I am reading for the second time a book called “You are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life” by Jen Sincero. It’s all in the title right? And just so you know, I am not reading it for Continue Reading
Following the tragic death of Chester Bennington, the remaining members of the Linkin Park – Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, and Rob Bourdon – have released a statement as a tribute to their fallen bandmate and close friend. You can read the full statement that was posted by the band below: “Dear Chester, Continue Reading
By Vivienne Tuffnell Life as a journey is a bit of a cliché, really. I said once, “If life is a journey, then any short-cut is a death trap,” and I stand by it. My own journey has been an odd one. A long time ago, I looked at the Continue Reading